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Jewelry Steals Every Scene in Over-the-Top Hulu Series ‘All’s Fair’

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If you’re not watching Hulu’s All’s Fair, you’re missing out on one of television’s wildest legal procedurals ever as well as some excessively dramatic yet hugely enjoyable story lines involving jewelry.

The “so bad it’s good” series is worth tuning into not only because Kim Kardashian and other cast members wear jewels by the likes of Verdura, Jacob & Co., Fred Leighton, Pasquale Bruni, and Tiffany & Co. but also for the way jewelry figures in plots or reveals something about a character.

Hulu premiered the first three episodes of All’s Fair—created and executive-produced by television genius Ryan Murphy—on Nov. 4, and new episodes drop each Tuesday. Those three initial episodes were bingeworthy and definitely got viewers (read: me and other jewelry lovers) hooked.

Even though critics have been “overwhelmingly negative” in their reviews of All’s Fair, the rest of us adore its off-the-charts plots, overacting, and amazing costuming—which includes the jewelry.

Jacob Co Lucky You
Jacob & Co.’s Lucky You ring ($25,900), made of 18k rose gold and set with round cabochon emeralds, white diamonds, and blue, green, and red enamel, has been worn by Naomi Watts on the new Hulu series All’s Fair.

Media such as The New York Times, the Natural Diamond Council’s Only Natural Diamonds, and InStore magazine have taken notice. Highlighting diamond pieces the characters sport in multiple scenes, Only Natural Diamonds calls the All’s Fair wardrobes “power dressing,” and one can’t help but agree.

All’s Fair revolves around an all-female firm of divorce attorneys and stars Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Niecy Nash-Betts, and Teyana Taylor. Other celebs pop in for amazing guest spots, including Rick Springfield, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Berkley, and Judith Light.

It is Light’s character, Sheila Baskin, who brings perhaps the best jewelry assortment ever filmed for television. She is trying to divorce a mentally abusive husband, and Liberty Ronson (played by Watts) swoops into her home to help.

The attorney knows that any jewelry Sheila’s husband gave her is her property—their relationship was based on trading jewelry for bad behavior—and the women pack up the massive collection to take it to auction. One particularly enviable piece: a dazzling vintage Verdura brooch with pink topaz, aquamarine, emeralds, and diamonds.

Verdura Vintage Brooch
Jewelry by Verdura, including this antique pink topaz and aquamarine brooch, features prominently in All’s Fair.

Jewelry also steals scenes where it’s used as symbolic armor for the characters. Allura Grant, Kardashian’s tough yet complicated lawyer, wears a Goddess Garden statement necklace from Pasquale Bruni in Episode 1, looking very much like the boss that she is.

It’s a fitting moment for Kardashian’s character, who turns heads with her unique style. In the same episode, she wears a Roberto Cavalli dress backward.

All's Fair Jewelry Display
Judith Light’s character on All’s Fair has the jewelry display of our collective dreams in her home.

Another memorably ridiculous scene is when Allura takes revenge on coworker Milan (Taylor), who’s been having a steamy affair with Allura’s husband. Kardashian as Allura shows up at Milan’s house dressed in a canary yellow gown that swirls around her like the storm of emotions she is carrying, accessorized with a futuristic Constella choker by Swarovski.

Spoiler alert: In that gown and necklace, Kardashian gets to bust up Milan’s car with a matching yellow bat.

Off screen, the cast was dressed magnificently at the All’s Fair Oct. 16 premiere in Los Angeles. Close wore jewelry by Neil Lane, a designer with a long history of dressing celebrities in diamonds.

Top: On All’s Fair, Kim Kardashian as Allura Davis takes a swing at a rival’s car wearing a Swarovski Constella choker. (Top and bottom photos courtesy of Disney/Ser Baffo; other photos courtesy of the brands)

Karen Dybis

By: Karen Dybis

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